Varanasi panchang, 19 March 2025
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 22:39 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:34 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:36
- 11:25 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:06 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:07 to 06:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:50 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 00:37 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 17:37
- Karana Kaulava until 11:25, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:25 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:06 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:50 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:37 – 18:49
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:28 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 20:50 – 06:03 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:50 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:34 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:37 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:33 – 06:03 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:53 Aquarius
- 05:53 – 07:22 Pisces
- 07:22 – 09:00 Aries
- 09:00 – 10:57 Taurus
- 10:57 – 13:11 Gemini
- 13:11 – 15:29 Cancer
- 15:29 – 17:43 Leo
- 17:43 – 19:56 Virgo
- 19:56 – 22:12 Libra
- 22:12 – 00:29 next day Scorpio
- 00:29 – 02:34 next day Sagittarius
- 02:34 – 04:19 next day Capricorn
- 04:19 – 05:49 next day Aquarius
- 05:49 – 06:03 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method